#Merging datasets by state
cv_states <- merge(cv_states, state_pops, by="state")Lab 11 - Interactive Visualization
Step 1. Reading and processing the New York Times (NYT) state-level COVID-19 data
1. Read in the data
2. Look at the data
The variables appear to be formatted correctly with numeric variables such as cases, deaths, and population in integer format.
dim(cv_states)[1] 58094 9head(cv_states) state date fips cases deaths geo_id population pop_density abb
1 Alabama 2023-01-04 1 1587224 21263 1 4887871 96.50939 AL
2 Alabama 2020-04-25 1 6213 213 1 4887871 96.50939 AL
3 Alabama 2023-02-26 1 1638348 21400 1 4887871 96.50939 AL
4 Alabama 2022-12-03 1 1549285 21129 1 4887871 96.50939 AL
5 Alabama 2020-05-06 1 8691 343 1 4887871 96.50939 AL
6 Alabama 2021-04-21 1 524367 10807 1 4887871 96.50939 ALtail(cv_states) state date fips cases deaths geo_id population pop_density abb
58089 Wyoming 2022-09-11 56 175290 1884 56 577737 5.950611 WY
58090 Wyoming 2022-08-21 56 173487 1871 56 577737 5.950611 WY
58091 Wyoming 2021-01-26 56 51152 596 56 577737 5.950611 WY
58092 Wyoming 2021-02-21 56 53795 662 56 577737 5.950611 WY
58093 Wyoming 2021-08-22 56 70671 809 56 577737 5.950611 WY
58094 Wyoming 2021-03-20 56 55581 693 56 577737 5.950611 WYstr(cv_states)'data.frame': 58094 obs. of 9 variables:
$ state : chr "Alabama" "Alabama" "Alabama" "Alabama" ...
$ date : IDate, format: "2023-01-04" "2020-04-25" ...
$ fips : int 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
$ cases : int 1587224 6213 1638348 1549285 8691 524367 1321892 1088370 1153149 814025 ...
$ deaths : int 21263 213 21400 21129 343 10807 19676 16756 16826 15179 ...
$ geo_id : int 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
$ population : int 4887871 4887871 4887871 4887871 4887871 4887871 4887871 4887871 4887871 4887871 ...
$ pop_density: num 96.5 96.5 96.5 96.5 96.5 ...
$ abb : chr "AL" "AL" "AL" "AL" ...3. Format the data
The date range is from 2020-01-21 to 2023-03-23. The range of cases ranges from 1 to 12169158 and the range of deaths is from 0 to 104277.
# format the date
cv_states$date <- as.Date(cv_states$date, format="%Y-%m-%d")
# format the state and state abbreviation (abb) variables
state_list <- unique(cv_states$state)
cv_states$state <- factor(cv_states$state, levels = state_list)
abb_list <- unique(cv_states$abb)
cv_states$abb <- factor(cv_states$abb, levels = abb_list)
### FINISH THE CODE HERE
# order the data first by state, second by date
cv_states = cv_states[order(cv_states$state, cv_states$date),]
# Confirm the variables are now correctly formatted
str(cv_states)'data.frame': 58094 obs. of 9 variables:
$ state : Factor w/ 52 levels "Alabama","Alaska",..: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
$ date : Date, format: "2020-03-13" "2020-03-14" ...
$ fips : int 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
$ cases : int 6 12 23 29 39 51 78 106 131 157 ...
$ deaths : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
$ geo_id : int 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
$ population : int 4887871 4887871 4887871 4887871 4887871 4887871 4887871 4887871 4887871 4887871 ...
$ pop_density: num 96.5 96.5 96.5 96.5 96.5 ...
$ abb : Factor w/ 52 levels "AL","AK","AZ",..: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...head(cv_states) state date fips cases deaths geo_id population pop_density abb
1029 Alabama 2020-03-13 1 6 0 1 4887871 96.50939 AL
597 Alabama 2020-03-14 1 12 0 1 4887871 96.50939 AL
282 Alabama 2020-03-15 1 23 0 1 4887871 96.50939 AL
12 Alabama 2020-03-16 1 29 0 1 4887871 96.50939 AL
266 Alabama 2020-03-17 1 39 0 1 4887871 96.50939 AL
78 Alabama 2020-03-18 1 51 0 1 4887871 96.50939 ALtail(cv_states) state date fips cases deaths geo_id population pop_density abb
57902 Wyoming 2023-03-18 56 185640 2009 56 577737 5.950611 WY
57916 Wyoming 2023-03-19 56 185640 2009 56 577737 5.950611 WY
57647 Wyoming 2023-03-20 56 185640 2009 56 577737 5.950611 WY
57867 Wyoming 2023-03-21 56 185800 2014 56 577737 5.950611 WY
58057 Wyoming 2023-03-22 56 185800 2014 56 577737 5.950611 WY
57812 Wyoming 2023-03-23 56 185800 2014 56 577737 5.950611 WY# Inspect the range values for each variable.
head(cv_states) state date fips cases deaths geo_id population pop_density abb
1029 Alabama 2020-03-13 1 6 0 1 4887871 96.50939 AL
597 Alabama 2020-03-14 1 12 0 1 4887871 96.50939 AL
282 Alabama 2020-03-15 1 23 0 1 4887871 96.50939 AL
12 Alabama 2020-03-16 1 29 0 1 4887871 96.50939 AL
266 Alabama 2020-03-17 1 39 0 1 4887871 96.50939 AL
78 Alabama 2020-03-18 1 51 0 1 4887871 96.50939 ALsummary(cv_states) state date fips cases
Washington : 1158 Min. :2020-01-21 Min. : 1.00 Min. : 1
Illinois : 1155 1st Qu.:2020-12-06 1st Qu.:16.00 1st Qu.: 112125
California : 1154 Median :2021-09-11 Median :29.00 Median : 418120
Arizona : 1153 Mean :2021-09-10 Mean :29.78 Mean : 947941
Massachusetts: 1147 3rd Qu.:2022-06-17 3rd Qu.:44.00 3rd Qu.: 1134318
Wisconsin : 1143 Max. :2023-03-23 Max. :72.00 Max. :12169158
(Other) :51184
deaths geo_id population pop_density
Min. : 0 Min. : 1.00 Min. : 577737 Min. : 1.292
1st Qu.: 1598 1st Qu.:16.00 1st Qu.: 1805832 1st Qu.: 43.659
Median : 5901 Median :29.00 Median : 4468402 Median : 107.860
Mean : 12553 Mean :29.78 Mean : 6397965 Mean : 423.031
3rd Qu.: 15952 3rd Qu.:44.00 3rd Qu.: 7535591 3rd Qu.: 229.511
Max. :104277 Max. :72.00 Max. :39557045 Max. :11490.120
NA's :1106
abb
WA : 1158
IL : 1155
CA : 1154
AZ : 1153
MA : 1147
WI : 1143
(Other):51184 min(cv_states$date)[1] "2020-01-21"max(cv_states$date)[1] "2023-03-23"4. Add new_cases and new_deaths and correct outliers
library(dplyr)
Attaching package: 'dplyr'The following objects are masked from 'package:data.table':
between, first, lastThe following objects are masked from 'package:stats':
filter, lagThe following objects are masked from 'package:base':
intersect, setdiff, setequal, union# Add variables for new_cases and new_deaths:
for (i in 1:length(state_list)) {
cv_subset = subset(cv_states, state == state_list[i])
cv_subset = cv_subset[order(cv_subset$date),]
# add starting level for new cases and deaths
cv_subset$new_cases = cv_subset$cases[1]
cv_subset$new_deaths = cv_subset$deaths[1]
### FINISH THE CODE HERE
for (j in 2:nrow(cv_subset)) {
cv_subset$new_cases[j] = cv_subset$cases[j] - cv_subset$cases[j - 1]
cv_subset$new_deaths[j] = cv_subset$deaths[j] - cv_subset$deaths[j - 1]
}
# include in main dataset
cv_states$new_cases[cv_states$state==state_list[i]] = cv_subset$new_cases
cv_states$new_deaths[cv_states$state==state_list[i]] = cv_subset$new_deaths
}
# Focus on recent dates
cv_states <- cv_states %>% dplyr::filter(date >= "2021-06-01")library(plotly)Warning: package 'plotly' was built under R version 4.4.2Loading required package: ggplot2
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layout### FINISH THE CODE HERE
# Inspect outliers in new_cases using plotly
p1<-ggplot(cv_states, aes(x = date, y = new_cases, color = state)) + geom_line() + geom_point(size = .5, alpha = 0.5)
ggplotly(p1)p1<-NULL # to clear from workspace
p2<-ggplot(cv_states, aes(x = date, y = new_deaths, color = state)) + geom_line() + geom_point(size = .5, alpha = 0.5)
ggplotly(p2)p2<-NULL # to clear from workspace
# set negative new case or death counts to 0
cv_states$new_cases[cv_states$new_cases<0] = 0
cv_states$new_deaths[cv_states$new_deaths<0] = 0# Recalculate `cases` and `deaths` as cumulative sum of updated `new_cases` and `new_deaths`
for (i in 1:length(state_list)) {
cv_subset = subset(cv_states, state == state_list[i])
# add starting level for new cases and deaths
cv_subset$cases = cv_subset$cases[1]
cv_subset$deaths = cv_subset$deaths[1]
### FINISH CODE HERE
for (j in 2:nrow(cv_subset)) {
cv_subset$cases[j] = cv_subset$new_cases[j] + cv_subset$new_cases[j]
cv_subset$deaths[j] = cv_subset$new_deaths[j] + cv_subset$new_deaths[j]
}
# include in main dataset
cv_states$cases[cv_states$state==state_list[i]] = cv_subset$cases
cv_states$deaths[cv_states$state==state_list[i]] = cv_subset$deaths
}library(zoo)Warning: package 'zoo' was built under R version 4.4.2
Attaching package: 'zoo'The following objects are masked from 'package:data.table':
yearmon, yearqtrThe following objects are masked from 'package:base':
as.Date, as.Date.numeric# Smooth new counts
cv_states$new_cases = zoo::rollmean(cv_states$new_cases, k=7, fill=NA, align='right') |> round(digits = 0)
cv_states$new_deaths = zoo::rollmean(cv_states$new_deaths, k=7, fill=NA, align='right') |> round(digits = 0)
# Inspect data again interactively
p2<-ggplot(cv_states, aes(x = date, y = new_deaths, color = state)) + geom_line() + geom_point(size = .5, alpha = 0.5)
ggplotly(p2)#p2=NULL5. Add additional variables
# add population normalized (by 100,000) counts for each variable
cv_states$per100k = as.numeric(format(round(cv_states$cases/(cv_states$population/100000),1),nsmall=1))
cv_states$newper100k = as.numeric(format(round(cv_states$new_cases/(cv_states$population/100000),1),nsmall=1))Warning: NAs introduced by coercioncv_states$deathsper100k = as.numeric(format(round(cv_states$deaths/(cv_states$population/100000),1),nsmall=1))
cv_states$newdeathsper100k = as.numeric(format(round(cv_states$new_deaths/(cv_states$population/100000),1),nsmall=1))Warning: NAs introduced by coercion# add a naive_CFR variable = deaths / cases
cv_states = cv_states |> mutate(naive_CFR = round((deaths*100/cases),2))
# create a `cv_states_today` variable
cv_states_today = subset(cv_states, date==max(cv_states$date))II. Scatterplots
6. Explore scatterplots using plot_ly()
library(plotly)
library(dplyr)
# pop_density vs. cases
cv_states_today |>
plot_ly(x = ~pop_density, y = ~cases,
type = 'scatter', mode = 'markers', color = ~state,
size = ~population, sizes = c(5, 70), marker = list(sizemode='diameter', opacity=0.5))Warning: Ignoring 1 observationsWarning in RColorBrewer::brewer.pal(N, "Set2"): n too large, allowed maximum for palette Set2 is 8
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cv_states_today_filter <- cv_states_today |> filter(state!="District of Columbia")
# pop_density vs. cases after filtering
cv_states_today_filter |>
plot_ly(x = ~pop_density, y = ~cases,
type = 'scatter', mode = 'markers', color = ~state,
size = ~population, sizes = c(5, 70), marker = list(sizemode='diameter', opacity=0.5))Warning: Ignoring 1 observationsWarning in RColorBrewer::brewer.pal(N, "Set2"): n too large, allowed maximum for palette Set2 is 8
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cv_states_today_filter |>
plot_ly(x = ~pop_density, y = ~deathsper100k,
type = 'scatter', mode = 'markers', color = ~state,
size = ~population, sizes = c(5, 70), marker = list(sizemode='diameter', opacity=0.5))Warning: Ignoring 1 observationsWarning in RColorBrewer::brewer.pal(N, "Set2"): n too large, allowed maximum for palette Set2 is 8
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cv_states_today_filter |>
plot_ly(x = ~pop_density, y = ~deathsper100k,
type = 'scatter', mode = 'markers', color = ~state,
size = ~population, sizes = c(5, 70), marker = list(sizemode='diameter', opacity=0.5),
hoverinfo = 'text',
text = ~paste( paste(state, ":", sep=""), paste(" Cases per 100k: ", per100k, sep="") ,
paste(" Deaths per 100k: ", deathsper100k, sep=""), sep = "<br>")) |>
layout(title = "Population-normalized COVID-19 deaths (per 100k) vs. population density for US states",
yaxis = list(title = "Deaths per 100k"), xaxis = list(title = "Population Density"),
hovermode = "compare")Warning: Ignoring 1 observations
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There appears to be a positive linear trend between pop_density and newdeathsper100k However, there are outliers which can indicate that depending on states, their new deaths per 100k can vary regardless of the population density.
p <- ggplot(cv_states_today_filter, aes(x=pop_density, y=deathsper100k, size=population)) + geom_point() + geom_smooth(method = "lm", se = FALSE) +
labs(title = "Population Density vs. COVID-19 Deaths per 100k",
x = "Population Density", y = "New Deaths per 100k")
ggplotly(p)`geom_smooth()` using formula = 'y ~ x'Warning: Removed 1 row containing non-finite outside the scale range
(`stat_smooth()`).Warning: The following aesthetics were dropped during statistical transformation: size.
ℹ This can happen when ggplot fails to infer the correct grouping structure in
the data.
ℹ Did you forget to specify a `group` aesthetic or to convert a numerical
variable into a factor?8. Multiple Line Chart
There appears to be a time delay of 5 months from peak of cases and peak of deaths. This ranges from August 2021 to January 2022.
# Line chart for naive_CFR for all states over time using `plot_ly()`
plot_ly(cv_states, x = ~date, y = ~naive_CFR, color = ~state, type = "scatter", mode = "lines")Warning in RColorBrewer::brewer.pal(N, "Set2"): n too large, allowed maximum for palette Set2 is 8
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# Line chart for Florida showing new_cases and new_deaths together
cv_states |> filter(state=="Florida") |> plot_ly(x = ~date, y = ~new_cases, type = "scatter", mode = "lines") |> add_trace(x = ~date, y = ~new_deaths, type = "scatter", mode = "lines") 9. Heatmaps
For the heatmap of new cases, CA, NY and Texas all stand out as having an extensive amount of new cases around January 2022. When including newper100k, all the states seem to show a similar pattern from January 2022 to April 2022.
### FINISH CODE HERE
# Map state, date, and new_cases to a matrix
library(tidyr)
cv_states_mat <- cv_states |> select(state, date, new_cases) |> dplyr::filter(date>as.Date("2021-06-15"))
cv_states_mat2 <- as.data.frame(pivot_wider(cv_states_mat, names_from = state, values_from = new_cases))
rownames(cv_states_mat2) <- cv_states_mat2$date
cv_states_mat2$date <- NULL
cv_states_mat2 <- as.matrix(cv_states_mat2)# Create a heatmap using plot_ly()
plot_ly(x=colnames(cv_states_mat2), y=rownames(cv_states_mat2),
z=~cv_states_mat2,
type="heatmap",
showscale=T)# Repeat with newper100k
cv_states_mat <- cv_states |> select(state, date, newper100k) |> dplyr::filter(date>as.Date("2021-06-15"))
cv_states_mat2 <- as.data.frame(pivot_wider(cv_states_mat, names_from = state, values_from = newper100k))
rownames(cv_states_mat2) <- cv_states_mat2$date
cv_states_mat2$date <- NULL
cv_states_mat2 <- as.matrix(cv_states_mat2)
plot_ly(x=colnames(cv_states_mat2), y=rownames(cv_states_mat2),
z=~cv_states_mat2,
type="heatmap",
showscale=T)# Create a second heatmap after filtering to only include dates every other week
filter_dates <- seq(as.Date("2021-06-15"), as.Date("2021-11-01"), by= "2 weeks")
cv_states_mat <- cv_states |> select(state, date, newper100k) |> filter(date %in% filter_dates)
cv_states_mat2 <- as.data.frame(pivot_wider(cv_states_mat, names_from = state, values_from = newper100k))
rownames(cv_states_mat2) <- cv_states_mat2$date
cv_states_mat2$date <- NULL
cv_states_mat2 <- as.matrix(cv_states_mat2)# Create a heatmap using plot_ly()
plot_ly(x=colnames(cv_states_mat2), y=rownames(cv_states_mat2),
z=~cv_states_mat2,
type="heatmap",
showscale=T)10. Map
We can see that cases per 100k decreased from 2021 to 2024. In 2021, Alaska had the most cases (123.9 per 100k) but in 2024, the cases significantly decreased (9.6 per 100k cases).
### For specified date
pick.date = "2021-10-15"
# Extract the data for each state by its abbreviation
cv_per100 <- cv_states |> filter(date==pick.date) |> select(state, abb, newper100k, cases, deaths) # select data
cv_per100$state_name <- cv_per100$state
cv_per100$state <- cv_per100$abb
cv_per100$abb <- NULL# Create hover text
cv_per100$hover <- with(cv_per100, paste(state_name, '<br>', "Cases per 100k: ", newper100k, '<br>', "Cases: ", cases, '<br>', "Deaths: ", deaths))
# Set up mapping details
set_map_details <- list(
scope = 'usa',
projection = list(type = 'albers usa'),
showlakes = TRUE,
lakecolor = toRGB('white')
)
# Make sure both maps are on the same color scale
shadeLimit <- 125# Create the map
fig <- plot_geo(cv_per100, locationmode = 'USA-states') |>
add_trace(
z = ~newper100k, text = ~hover, locations = ~state,
color = ~newper100k, colors = 'Purples'
)
fig <- fig |> colorbar(title = paste0("Cases per 100k: ", pick.date), limits = c(0,shadeLimit))
fig <- fig |> layout(
title = paste('Cases per 100k by State as of ', pick.date, '<br>(Hover for value)'),
geo = set_map_details
)
fig_pick.date <- fig### Map for today's date
# Extract the data for each state by its abbreviation
cv_per100 <- cv_states_today |> select(state, abb, newper100k, cases, deaths) # select data
cv_per100$state_name <- cv_per100$state
cv_per100$state <- cv_per100$abb
cv_per100$abb <- NULL# Create hover text
cv_per100$hover <- with(cv_per100, paste(state_name, '<br>', "Cases per 100k: ", newper100k, '<br>', "Cases: ", cases, '<br>', "Deaths: ", deaths))
# Set up mapping details
set_map_details <- list(
scope = 'usa',
projection = list(type = 'albers usa'),
showlakes = TRUE,
lakecolor = toRGB('white')
)# Create the map
fig <- plot_geo(cv_per100, locationmode = 'USA-states') |>
add_trace(
z = ~newper100k, text = ~hover, locations = ~state,
color = ~newper100k, colors = 'Purples'
)
fig <- fig %>% colorbar(title = paste0("Cases per 100k: ", Sys.Date()), limits = c(0,shadeLimit))
fig <- fig %>% layout(
title = paste('Cases per 100k by State as of', Sys.Date(), '<br>(Hover for value)'),
geo = set_map_details
)
fig_Today <- fig### Plot together
subplot(fig_pick.date, fig_Today, nrows = 2, margin = .05)